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For Hannah Reid, having her band's debut album finally finished is a major relief. "It feels amazing!" said the lead singer of breakthrough U.K.-based, indie-pop act London Grammar. "You can kind of go a bit mad when you're making an album. You could go on forever tweaking and changing things. To have the album released takes that weight off your shoulders."

Adding to Reid's excitement is the opportunity to hear her creative works reinterpreted by fellow musicians. "It does feel sometimes like you're listening to a different song in a way," she told us, expressing her excitement over a slew of killer remixes by acclaimed DJs featuring songs from the band's debut album, If You Wait. One particular standout is a reinterpretation of "Strong" by house music master Shadow Child (stream it exclusively below!).

London Grammar, which includes guitarist Dan Rothman and instrumentalist Dot Major, has drawn comparisons to Florence + the Machine for Reid's mega-watt vocals. The duo first joined forces in 2009 while they were students at Nottingham University. Late last year, they uploaded the jaw-dropping track "Hey Now" to YouTube, instantly propelling them to global recognition. It's been a whirlwind ride ever since.

"In eight months things just have completely changed," Reid said of a year that included recording the aforementioned first LP and collaborating with premier British acts including Disclosure. "It's been incredible."

If You Wait debuted at number two on the U.K. charts, but Reid said the band, who heads out on a three-week U.S. tour tomorrow, still feels like an underdog in the States. "We really need to work hard in America," she explained. "We want to do it really organically."